git-read-tree -m -u doesn't delete files: ?

From: Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de>
Date: Jun 20, 2005, 13:46 UTC
Message-ID: <pan.2005.06.20.13.46.23.833207@smurf.noris.de>

Documentation/git-read-tree.txt states:

     10 yes   yes   N/A     exists   nothing  remove path from cache

and

  -u::
    After a successful merge, update the files in the work
    tree with the result of the merge.

... which suggests that the file in question should be deleted. In fcat, if I have a clean tree A, and I do "git-read-tree -m -u A B", I'd assume that I should have a clean tree B afterwards.

Would it be safe to add all files for which read_tree.c:merge_cache:fn() returns zero to a "delete me" list?

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